This small bat is confirmed on Tobago. It weighs about 3.9–4.5 g; a two-week island survey recorded 60 captures over rivers and in forests, plantations, and open areas.
It weighs 3.9–4.5 g and has medium-sized ears. Its silky fur has black bases with light-buff tips on the belly and mummy-brown tips on the back.
A 2026 survey captured it over rivers and in cacao-banana plantations, coastal forest, montane rainforest, secondary forest, and open areas. Known roosts include bridges, mines, caves, and rock crevices, but a roost under the sampled bridge was not confirmed.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.